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- controlled healthcare cost
- increased access to health care
- signed into law on march 23, 2010
Affordable Care Act ACA
why is the health of health care rising ?
- medical technology
- prescribed drugs
- inadequate preventive service
- aging population
what causes inefficiencies and disparities?
health outcomes
are a change in the health status of an individual, group or population which is attributable to a planned intervention or series of interventions
health outcomes
is a health care program that assists low-income families or individuals in paying for long-term medical and custodial care costs. funded by federal government and ran by the state level
Medicaid
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
epidemics
is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.
Vaccines
is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
World Health Organization (WHO)
is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors including sex.
Life Expectancy
a long individual life; great duration of individual life
Longevity
What influences globalization?
local and international environment
is a federal agency that conducts and supports health promotion, prevention and preparedness activities in the United States, with the goal of improving overall public health
CDC
created through the Affordable Care Act, comprises 20 federal departments, agencies and offices and is chaired by the Surgeon General.
National Prevention Council
who has a powerful role in health care?
The Federal government
an international research effort to sequence and map all of the genes - together known as the genome - of members of our species, Homo sapiens. Completed in April 2003, the HGP gave us the ability, for the first time, to read nature’s complete genetic blueprint for building a human being.
Human genome project
refers to a range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication, as well as by unique strengths and differences.
ASD (Autism spectrum disorders)
places to work in the healthcare industry
hospitals, free clinics, ambulatory healthcare centers, government agencies, rehabilitation centers
what is the professional heart of all medical practice
deliver primary patient care, train health personnel, conduct research, disseminate information to consumers
what is the second largest business in the United States?
Hospitals
around what time were the first hospitals started ?
Civil War
Types of hospitals in the United States
- proprietary hospital
- community hospitals
- voluntary hospitals
- network hospitals
- hospital systems
How was the very first mental health facilities
began as warehouses for large numbers of poor, homeless, and social misfits
What was the primary goal of old mental health facilities?
protect the public
what was the major breakthroughs that led to the real treatment of mental illnesses
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Development of psychopharmaceuticals in the 1950s
Patient’s Bill of Rights
states the responsibilities of the hospital and staff toward the patient and his or her family
Who developed the Patient’s Bill of Rights
American Hospital Association (AHA) in 1973
To enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans by providing for effective health and human service and fostering advances in medicine, public health, and social services
Mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ( USDHSS )
What USDHHS is responsible
- medicare and medicaid
- public health
- biomedical research
- food and drug safety
- disease control and prevention
- indian health
- mental health services
address quality and cost for a certain population
(ACOs)
- federal health program for people age 65 years and older.
- certain disabled people younger than 65
medicare
- people who are not eligible for health insurance through employer and cannot afford to buy health insurance.
- people with income below poverty level
medicaid
what does ACO stand for ?
accountable care organizations
what does SCHIP stand for?
state children’s health insurance program
provides healthcare coverage for low- income children who do not qualify for medicaid
SCHIP
first prepayment plan to cover physicians services?
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
difference between HMO and EPO?
does not require that primary care provider makes referrals to specialist
common chronic diseases in the elderly
- stroke
- arthritis
- diabetes
- chronic lower respiratory diseases
- dementia
- Alzheimer’s diease
provides comprehensive preventive, primary, acute, and long-term care services so older individuals with chronic
care needs can continue living in the community
PACE
- decrease the number of uninsured
- increase the quality and efficiency of health care
- slow the rising costs of health
goals of ACA
includes incentives for healthcare providers to improve the quality and efficiency of health care
HRRP
refers to procedures, equipment, and processes by which medical care is delivered
medical technology
refers to an array of technologies to record, store, retrieve, protect, share, and analyze health information
health information technology (Health IT)
3 categories of health care
- healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
- healthcare support occupations
- community and social service occupations and personal care and services.
